Why Americans Should Care—and Why the United States Still Has Leverage to End Hostage Diplomacy

The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation (CFHK Foundation) on Monday released two open letters, signed by more than 50 U.S. and international organizations, urging President Donald Trump and key Congressional leaders to take immediate, concrete action following the guilty verdict of Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai, warning that his case represents a grave escalation in Beijing’s crackdown on press freedom and political dissent.

Christian Michel and Jagtar Singh Johal have spent a combined 15 years in Indian jails without trial, prompting fears they could be caught up in a wider diplomatic tug of war over alleged Indian economic fugitives in the UK.

Mehran Raoof, a political prisoner, has been granted leave after five years.

Albert Douglas spent four years in a series of high-security jails where he was allegedly tortured by guards, deprived of food and water, following his arrest in Dubai

A Delhi court on Tuesday dismissed a plea moved by the alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland deal, Christian Michel James, that sought his release from the CBI case in the matter on the grounds that the maximum sentence duration in custody had been completed.

The initiative of the Head of State, who urges Armanda to “not lose hope,” marks a break with the taciturn attitude of the current governing majority.

An Australian father stranded in Iraq has written a desperate Christmas plea begging fellow citizens to pressure the government for his return.

The family of Kenyan doctor Ambrose Kimiti Mwangi, who was part of a United Nations medical evacuation team operating in Somalia, has renewed an urgent appeal to the Government of Kenya, the United Nations, and international humanitarian partners to intensify efforts to secure his immediate release.

For more than a decade, Mark Swidan dreamt about getting home. What he didn’t imagine was how hard life would be once he finally did.

In his first Houston television interview, Swidan opened up about his life behind bars in China and what it’s been like over the last year. Inside a small two-bedroom apartment in west Houston, Swidan is far from the life he once lived.